What three events contributed to rising tensions in the months before elections to the Estates General were held?
A) Louis XVI moved the court from Versailles to Paris, proposed a new constitution, and offered to shrink the army.
B) The Queen closed Versailles, the clergy demanded an end to reforms, and the government subsidized grain prices.
C) The king refused to mandate voting by head rather than order, censorship broke down, and food shortages occurred.
D) The parlement of Paris agreed to support the king, the pope called for order, and the French aristocracy rallied to the monarchy.
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